Strategic Initiatives Manager Job Description
Strategic initiatives manager
provides guidance and coaching to managers and employees to ensure full understanding and practical application of HR programs, practices, policies, and local legislation.
Strategic Initiatives Manager Duties & Responsibilities
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Represent TBSM in a professional manner within the financial services industry
Support the business units in the development and maintenance of its Key Risk Indicator Program, New Product and Services Risk Management Policy, Internal Audit and Business Surveys
Collaborate across the organization to drive delivery and gain stakeholder alignment
Lead and influence change at all levels of the organization
Support the management and delivery of the risk and control identification and assessment program that is conducted in Global Wealth Management businesses
Assess and challenge key risks raised by business units
Lead the communication with businesses – along with the Director serves as a single point of contact for businesses where applicable
Manages documentation of operational risk management practices
Serve as thought partner to GSC Leaders, Strategic Initiatives Leaders, and business partners
Accountable for project results along with Initiative Owner
Strategic Initiatives Manager Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Strategic Initiatives Manager
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: PMP, PMI, FPX, CPA, PMO, PRINCE2, IMC, SD, CSR, LEAN
Education for Strategic Initiatives Manager
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the strategic initiatives manager job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Business, MBA, Project Management, Education, Engineering, Finance, Management, Graduate, Business/Administration, Technical
Skills for Strategic Initiatives Manager
Desired skills for strategic initiatives manager include:
HR practices
Bank products
Services
Policies and related legislation
HR challenges
Interrelationships and asset
Organization
Policies and legislation
Project management methodologies and tools
Strategies and opportunities
Desired experience for strategic initiatives manager includes:
University Degree (business-based degree is preferred)
Serve as thought partner to GSC Leader and trusted resource to both GSC and cross-functional team
Plan & facilitate brand offsites along with GSC Leader
Drive continuous improvement and increased efficiency and effectiveness as business needs shift
Coordinate best practice information w/ Strategic Initiatives Office to ensure team is following what is already documented & building future documents
Serve as key contact to coordinate communicate with business partners such as CSR, logistics, IT initiatives related to the business
Strategic Initiatives Manager Examples
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Strategic Initiatives Manager Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a strategic initiatives manager. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for strategic initiatives manager
- Ensures a high degree of client focus, risk balance
- Establish and lead a cross functional team in the execution of strategic and operational projects
- Provide subject matter expertise on business processes and finance/procurement processes to CCNA’s marketing community (brand, commercial, and customer)
- Maintain awareness of “in-flight” projects and provide oversight and resources as appropriate
- Identify business process best practices within the industry and the Coca-Cola system
- Provide leadership in developing new marketing productivity (both efficiencies and effectiveness) capabilities that can be deployed across our CCNA BUs
- Provide information on recent market developments globally and work with cross-functional areas to identify opportunities to significantly lift the profitability through use of advanced automated decision tools, new data and credit assessment technologies
- Reduce costs by increasing the automation of portfolio management and making it available to additional segments and higher lending thresholds, whilst also optimising existing strategies to maximise returns from a profit, and return on capital perspectives
- Run working groups with business partners and external suppliers to identify and work through new opportunities and enhancements to existing capabilities, resulting in improved portfolio and financial performance
- People management responsibility for at least one senior analyst
Qualifications for strategic initiatives manager
- Apparel, Specialty Retail, Consumer Products experience is a plus
- Working knowledge of market risk, credit risk, independent price verification, P&L, collateral management with subject matter expertise in
- Plan, manage and deliver distinct initiatives through all specific phases, in alignment with business strategies
- Good analytical thinking and strategic thinking capability to assess issues and their potential impact on the business, policies, procedures, initiatives
- Superior project management skills to oversee the execution of multiple and complex initiatives
- Eight years of experience in change-related communications, employee engagement and event management
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of strategic initiatives manager. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for strategic initiatives manager
- Accountable for the delivery of multiple client and/or Supply Chain projects that require coordination and orchestration across multiple internal stakeholders and delivery teams, including Client Services, Product Management, Customer Solutions, Marketing, Program Management, Planning, Procurement, Supplier Management, Operations, Transportation, Quality, Engineering, IT, Finance
- Drive delivery of relevant activities independently or together with a broader project team
- Manages project/program budgets providing oversight on budgetary planning for the overall PSM departmental budget
- Provide project management support and project leadership skills to assigned projects
- Assist with ad hoc analysis and reporting of initiatives
- Support the day-to-day operations of the Marketing department and assist as needed
- Navigate adjustments to existing schedules and commitments due to unplanned activities that required immediate attention
- Own communication with multiple individuals and teams and proactively drive conversations in a results orientated fashion
- Coordinate and run meetings with stakeholders
- Identifies key milestones with target timelines and communicates successful completion on a timely basis
Qualifications for strategic initiatives manager
- Experience and knowledge of analytics, strategies and decision tools applications across the credit cycle, including origination, collections and credit operations
- Ability to present sound recommendations based on a broad range of knowledge from analysis of internal and external data sources
- Successful track record of execution & delivery of initiatives
- Liaise with Channels, Data & Analytics, Product, Corporate and T&O SME(s) and Delivery personnel to gather business objectives that can be implemented for medium to large sized initiatives, including process redesign to compliment the change management/ product support strategy for the business unit, adhering to and maintaining established standards and practices
- MBA (Finance / Operations / Strategy specialization) considered a strong asset
- Experience with a strategy, boutique, or Big 4 consulting firm or internal consulting capacity is strongly preferred
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of strategic initiatives manager. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for strategic initiatives manager
- Provide judgment and guidance on resolution of escalated support issues
- Key focus will be leading and managing the delivery of key Transportation Network Company (TNC) related projects / programs aligned with business strategy, within agreed parameters of time and cost
- Cross functional owner for work streams and operational delivery (vertically and horizontally) across GI for Underwriting, Claims, and Service (liaison with Change Management, PX, CX, Marketing, Distribution)
- Work with business leaders to ensure resource availability, workload and performance to drive project vision through effective risk management and manage changes through a defined change management system
- Supervise the preparation of budget proposals
- Direct the recruitment of local participants within the region utilizing the most appropriate promotional and marketing methods
- Supervises a Management Intern, to support day-to-day needs of the program
- Work with project sponsors and the functional leaders within and outside of Talent Acquisition to craft and confirm project objectives
- Develop and articulate project plans and timelines through development of project charters and workplans
- Mobilize project teams
Qualifications for strategic initiatives manager
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Project)
- Experience with enterprise governance, risk and compliance (eGRC) software, such as Archer, is a plus
- Project / Program Management experience is a plus
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or other quantitative field or equivalent experience
- Demonstrated strong record of program and project management skills
- 5+ years of experience in financial modeling, business and financial analysis, preparing, reviewing, editing, and controlling technical or process documents
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Strategic Initiatives Manager Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of strategic initiatives manager. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for strategic initiatives manager
- Oversee financial impacts throughout all strategic business initiatives – planning, budgeting, and executional oversight
- Ensure cross-functional alignment of goals and execution, and help teams drive strategic partnerships
- Manage and drive the completion of business metrics and analytics to support the strategic initiatives
- Partner closely with company leadership and ELT level interaction
- Identify, develop and implement process improvements for timely aggregation and impact reporting through performance metrics and dashboards
- Work with multiple stakeholders to devise Key Performance Metrics (KPIs), construct a flexible business model, and create reporting tools to measure value created from the initiatives
- Financial reconciliation and analysis of business case vs latest estimates vs actual results
- Coordinate multiple deliverables and act as an ambassador across teams to effectively streamline the strategic vision to ensure execution
- Lead teams in weekly meetings to track progress and impact to multiple business cases
- Guide and prepare the team for executive business reviews, and all strategic planning cycles
Qualifications for strategic initiatives manager
- Previous work for a strategic management consulting firm ideal
- Analytics – Has excellent analytical skills (top 5%) and a solid command of Retail Finance and Operations
- Business Acumen – Is able to see the big picture
- Project Management – Has the experience and organizational skills to manage large-scale, complex, cross-functional projects
- Cross Functional Effectiveness – Cultivates relationships with partners across the business and is able to influence a diverse set of business stakeholders
- Self-motivated – Is highly driven and capable of staying on track and pursuing solutions without supervision
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for a strategic initiatives manager. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for strategic initiatives manager
- Understand the structure of the organization and establish excellent working relationships with key stakeholders to ensure buy-in/alignment of recommendations
- Manage business measurable outcomes quarter to quarter, coordinate initiatives at the beginning at the year, coordinate monthly business reviews, and manage accomplishment collection each quarter
- Manage and lead 3rd party partnerships while coordinating across the enterprise to include all primary stakeholders
- Utilize strong time management, communication and prioritization capabilities
- Project ownership for processes, reports, procedures or products, and may also be considered analytical or procedural experts representing a unit or team on cross function process or project deliverables
- May oversee the work of project teams or support staff
- Working collaboratively with the CTO APAC and the Executive Director Content APAC to ensure optimal leverage and direction of our technology and content assets in developing and delivering to market decision support tools
- Lead and support strategic enterprise-level initiatives through research, competitive analysis, financial reporting, strategic analysis, presentation development and project execution
- Manage multiple projects by documenting and monitoring project plan requirements and timelines, ensuring all necessary operations are in place as required
- Coordinate appropriate allocation of resources and expertise, while minimizing duplication of effort
Qualifications for strategic initiatives manager
- At least a 4 year undergraduate degree in business, engineering, or equivalent education and experience
- At least 5 years of Leadership experience in business, engineering, or related quantitative field, including at least 2 years of experience in a management consulting, financial, corporate strategy, analytics, or other business environment
- Drive issue resolution with other functional and support areas
- Identify, create, and implement and/or oversee implementation for improving business processes and mitigating risk
- Help define and develop an optimized approach to new country entry implementation (Playbook approach)
- Five years of work experience in similar Project and Analysis role